Quick Thoughts

Liberty talked quite a bit about sand and logistics on their earnings conference call this week along with their usual airtime on pumping market fundamentals. After processing their remarks, here is what jumped out at us regarding the frac supply chain market outlook. As a general impression… There’s a lot …

A variety of datapoints crossed our desk and surfaced in client meetings this week that didn’t warrant a full update but are certainly worth a mention and impact the frac supply chain. Here are the nuggets that stood out to us…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …

Mine-gate prices have been a source of inflation in well costs this year, but the mine-gate might not be where customers experience the next round of pain… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

This is a developing story… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email us to discuss our …

Ever wonder what the actual capex, cash operating cost, sales price at the mine-gate, volume forecast, etc. looked like for one of the nation’s biggest frac sand mines? Wonder no more, constant readers, wonder no more…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To …

Today we follow up on a series of recent reports on Eagle Ford sand market chaos (including this one from mid-March and this one from early-April) with the latest crazy datapoints… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

Frac efficiency has stagnated over the past several quarters…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email …

A little Friday fun to make you smile before the week is out… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership …

In the Permian Basin, frac sand production capacity growth has been… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, …

About three weeks ago, we penned this report on the challenges of finding sand in the Eagle Ford shale, a basin that is near the top of the U.S. shale plays for drilling activity increases so far this year. Here’s what’s new… There’s a lot more to this story… Login …